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OCSO: Woman beaten, held captive for 24 hours

R.J. Goss facing multiple charges

R.J. Goss: Accused of beating and holding a woman against her will for 24 hours

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OCSO: Woman beaten, held captive for 24 hours

R.J. Goss facing multiple charges

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Updated: 2:15 PM EST Dec 7, 2012

Deputies who responded to a 911 hang-up call from a general store said they ended up finding an injured woman who had been beaten and held against her will for 24 hours.

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Oconee County deputies went to Frazier’s General Store on Tuesday after getting the call. A clerk said that a woman had come into the store to make the 911 call. The clerk said that the woman was upset and her face was injured. The clerk said a car had pulled up, but the woman refused to get in, and she left the area on foot.

Deputies said that while they were looking for the woman, a motorist stopped and told them that there was a woman on the corner of Highway 28 and Zion Road who appeared to need help.

Deputies said they found 27-year-old Sabrina Payne at that location. She told deputies that R.J. Goss had refused to let her leave a house they were at or let her use the phone for 24 hours. She said when she attempted to leave several times, Goss attacked her, one time striking her in the face and knocking her unconscious.

Deputies said Payne had red marks around her throat and the left side of her face was swollen. They said her clothing was dirty and torn, and she was having shortness of breath. She told deputies she was going to clean herself up and would have her mother take her to the emergency room.

Deputies went to the home to speak with Ralph Jake Goss, and said he became combative and tried to flee and a deputy shocked him with a Taser. The incident report said that Goss’ behavior was “very bizarre” so they called for EMS. Deputies said Goss was very combative with EMS and had to be restrained. He was taken to Oconee County Medical Center to be checked out.